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Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

Meet:

Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call - 'Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!' - because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

• Make your own paper

• Create your own halftone image

• Make your own pinhole camera

• Make a telegraph

• Use Morse code

• Make a light fountain

Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships Great Inventions

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A Paperback / softback by Alannah Hegedus, Kaitlin Rainey, Bill Slavin

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    Publisher: Tundra Books
    Publication Date: 14/03/2001
    ISBN13: 9780887764523, 978-0887764523
    ISBN10: 0887764525

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

    Meet:

    Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

    Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call - 'Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!' - because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

    William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

    From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

    • Make your own paper

    • Create your own halftone image

    • Make your own pinhole camera

    • Make a telegraph

    • Use Morse code

    • Make a light fountain

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